MATE Technical Internship Placement and Evaluation Forms

Congratulations on receiving an internship position!

Your internship has the potential to be a fantastic life-changing learning experience for you. In order to ensure the best experience possible (and to ensure that you will receive your stipend!), please read all of the information below to help you prepare!

To be completed BEFORE the internship:

Paperwork Check list (Provides an overview of paperwork and student expectations- this form MUST be signed and returned before your internship.)

Enrollment in cooperative work experience (co-op) is required to participate in a MATE Internship. You may enroll at your home institution or at Monterey Peninsula College (MPC), where the MATE Center is located. See the “How To Enroll in Co-op” document for instructions.

If it is required for your internship, apply for a Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) Card as soon as possible. It takes 3-6 weeks to get a card after enrollment. If this is required for you, MATE will reimburse you for the cost of the TWIC application upon completion of your internship and paperwork.

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Contact your mentor discuss how you will get to the ship from the airport and what your duties will be during your internship. Please discuss the Internship Work Plan as well.

To be completed DURING your internship:

Work together with your mentor to complete the Internship Agreement and Internship Work Plan. As part of the Work Plan, you must write three learning objectives. These must be in a specific format. For information and instructions on writing a learning objective, see the “How to” document. Please download and print these two documents PRIOR TO THE INTERNSHIP and take them with you on your first day of work.

If you and your mentor are looking for suggestions of skills and experience you should be gaining, especially in a longer internship, download the Internship Guidelines created for the six-month internship.

Post weekly blogs on the MATE website. You will receive a username and password and instructions on how to post blogs with pictures of your internship from the internship coordinator.

Keep a daily journal of your activities.

Take photos and videos of yourself during your internship. Click here for a guide on taking good internship photos!

Submit the following items within TWO weeks after your internship USING THE ONLINE PAPERWORK SUBMISSION FORM BELOW:

A 2-3-page paper describing your internship. It should include a brief description of the lab and/or ship where you worked, the length of your internship, and a description of your duties as an intern. Based on your work plan, which tasks did you complete? Which tasks did you not complete? What did you learn from each success or failure? Overall, was the internship a good experience?

A PowerPoint presentation on your internship. Click here to download the MATE Student intern PowerPoint presentation template. Instructions can be found on the notes page of the document.

Reimbursement Request (This is the form interns submit to receive their stipend and any travel expenses that the MATE Center pre-approved for reimbursement.)

Your top 3-5 photos and videos taken during your internship onto theMATE Internship FlickR page and email the full resolution versions to the Internship Coordinator. The titles of the photos in both locations should include your last name, the name of the ship, and the year of your internship.

This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant Numbers DRL/ITEST 1312333 and DUE/ATE 1104310. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.